<p>fourth quarter academic comebacks</p>
<p>math, history, science, Latin</p>
<p>You forgot the accent on the e in fort</p>
<p>history....for some reason..i really understand the flow of the history...really.....</p>
<p>In order from best to worst</p>
<p>Math
Science
History
^^^^^----Consider those my best three
English
^^^^^I'm ok
Foreign Language
^^^^^^^^^^^^ I hate.</p>
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<p>Physical Education</p>
<p>Sleeping...for some reason I feel biologically predisposed to be good at that...</p>
<p>Psh. Procrastination. And probably BSing essays.</p>
<p>Foreign Language, Mathematics [some people... I don't know why they don't get it after like 6 different explanations of the same concept], Science [except physics... grr]</p>
<p>Foreign language, English, sciences minus Physics. Physics is a very 'you either get it or you don't' subject. I find it unbelievably boring, and, at times, completely frustrating. My mind simply doesn't work "like that."</p>
<p>I think it's because I approach even Bio and Chem very creatively and visually. When I'm trying to work out a Chem problem, I have to imagine the electron changing energy levels and either absorbing or releasing energy, or the gas particles expanding or condensing, etc. I can't just approach the problem rationally, I have to find visual ways to represent it.</p>
<p>Anything related to the social sciences. I find most subjects easy, be it math or language or what have you, but it's finding the connections within a larger theoretical picture that really is my strong point. It makes life easy in most subjects, thankfully.</p>
<p>Weird thing I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced: when I was a kid, around 9 or 10, they had me take an IQ test. The only section I didn't ace, and fell three points (out of 10 total, where 5 is the average) below average in was math - the exact same subject I in class excelled at and was years ahead in. My parents do math-related stuff, my teachers thought that was going to be my thing, I thought I'd be a silicon valley emperor when I grew up. Until that test, that is.</p>
<p>I still haven't figured out where the large discrepancy comes from. The only thing I can think of is that the math questions were given to me orally, as opposed to the other parts, which involved written questions or physical puzzles. Maybe the intangibility of not having the issue in front of me threw me off, but then again, it's exactly what I'm good at and majoring in now. What IS up with that?</p>
<p>Anyone else have this pop up? I've been nervous about math ever since I got those results, even though the actual work has never been particularly hard in a school setting (bombed the math section on the ACT though -- it's amazing what nervosity can do to you).</p>
<p>I still don't know if I'm good at math or just good at studying. If I could trust my abilities a little bit more I'd pick up stats as a minor.</p>
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Weird thing I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced: when I was a kid, around 9 or 10, they had me take an IQ test. The only section I didn't ace, and fell three points (out of 10 total, where 5 is the average) below average in was math - the exact same subject I in class excelled at and was years ahead in.
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<p>Yep. On nearly all of the IQ tests I've taken, it classifies me as "Word Wizard". IQ tests that I've taken at school in the past say that my fort</p>
<p>Foreign languages, English, and History</p>
<p>Index finger length could predict children’s intelligence</p>
<p>LONDON: The length of index and ring fingers could predict how well your children will do in mathematics and literacy if he or she is seven years old, shows a new study.</p>
<p>Specifically, boys whose index fingers were short compared with their ring fingers may excel at numbers and girls with index and ring fingers of similar length also may do better, the research indicates.</p>
<p>Scientists led by Dr Mark Brosnan, Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, compared the finger lengths of 75 children with their Standardised Assessment Test (SAT) scores.</p>
<p>In the study that will be published in the British Journal of Psychology they found a clear link between a child’s performance in numeracy and literacy tests and the relative lengths of their index and ring fingers.</p>
<p>Scientists believe that the link is caused by different levels of the testosterone and oestrogen hormones in the womb and the effect they have on both brain development and finger length.</p>
<p>“Testosterone has been argued to promote development of the areas of the brain which are often associated with spatial and mathematical skills,” Brosnan, said.</p>
<p>“Oestrogen is thought to do the same in the areas of the brain, which are often associated with verbal ability and interestingly, these hormones also have a say in the relative lengths of our index and ring fingers,” he added.</p>
<p>The researchers made photocopies of the palm of the children’s hands and then measured the length of their index finger and ring finger on both hands using calipers, a measuring instrument accurate to 0.01mm.</p>
<p>They then divided the length of the index finger by that of the ring finger — to calculate the child’s digit ratio. When they compared this ratio to the children’s SAT scores, they found that a smaller ratio (i.e. a longer ring finger and therefore greater prenatal exposure to testosterone) meant a larger difference between ability in math and literacy, favouring numeracy relative to literacy.</p>
<p>The scientists also looked at the boys’ and girls’ performance separately and found a clear link between high prenatal testosterone exposure, as measured by digit ratio, and higher numeracy SAT scores in males.</p>
<p>They also found a link between low prenatal testosterone exposure, which resulted in a shorter ring finger compared with the index finger, and higher literacy SAT scores for girls, according to health portal Medical News Today. The scientists suggest that measurements of finger length could help predict how well children will do in mathematics and literacy.</p>